Leaderboards are up to date, for today, 04/11/2019, enjoy. We had a great week, with updates to all 4 difficulties. Starting out on Easy, we had tannernieland11 squeeze the life out of the difficulty and added a ridiculous 8,712 points, nearly all an increase to the community total. Next, for Medium, it was tannernieland11 adding 8,327 points, also nearly all to the community total, just crushing it. Moving onto Hard, it was Chrisss coming back with 928 points, conlan22 adding a healthy 133,574 points, and Kane40 adding in 326,074 on the Grand Total board. Finally, for Expert, we had karkid26 and his contribution of 19,262 points. Pretty great week all around, but I have to give the nod to tanner and his crazy squeezing skills on E/M O211 games. Let's hope for similar action next time.

As for me, work, Diablo3, Morrowind, exercise. Work was really busy these last few weeks, with me doing inventory for both buildings, fixing chromebook containers and gearing up for testing. That is all done, so things should be dying down soon, we start testing and mostly stay out of the way. Diablo3, I played a bit more on my Crusader, but, having accomplished all I wanted in this season I was kinda at a loss of what to do. Luckily, the Morrowind game of the year edition with all the DLC was free on its anniversary and I downloaded that. I have been playing it nonstop, and its got dated gameplay and graphics, but has been fun so far. Exercise is going fine, I am now up to my goal of 7.5 mph, and can consistently run 4 to 5 miles at a go, twice a week, and twice a week of elliptical plus weight training. My weight hit a new low this week, at 216.4 lbs, and I am quickly closing in on my goal. The goal was a stable, that is, on a Monday post weekend of 215 pounds. That would be a total loss of 24 from the start, and this week I was at 219 on Monday. Yea for progress, until next time._________________

Leaderboards are up to date, for today, 04/23/2019, enjoy. There were updates to all but Easy this time, pretty impressive. Starting out on Medium, it was tannernieland11 just absolutely roasting Medium O211, adding a ridiculous 16,507 points, almost all community total points with his current lag squeezing, and opening up a massive 100k lead over Kubuh. Next, for Hard, we saw Chrisss add 1,528 points, and conlan22 added 73,741 (62,727) points, enough to move conlan up 4 spots on the O211. Finally, for Expert, we saw FingerQuick add (83) points, and tannernieland11 added (829) points. Decent week all around, I will give the nod to tanner for doing just amazing things with GH2M squeezing. Let's hope for a good update next time.

As for me, Morrowind, work, exercise. Morrowind continues to monopolize my free time, for an old game and bad graphics it still scratches the type of itch I get for exploration games. Work is about to hit the quiet lull of testing, we work really hard to get it setup, check in each day, then stay out of the way. We may try to update office machines during it, but otherwise, very quiet. Exercise, I am regularly hitting all 4 of my work out days a week, and finally have run outside again. I ran about 3.5 miles in 30 minutes last night, a pretty good first effort, especially as it topped 85 degrees (26 C). My weight is maintaining pretty consistent, sadly the losses are going to be harder to come by here on out, and I am only 3 lbs from my goal. Ah well, until next time._________________

Leaderboards are up to date, for today, 05/16/2019, enjoy. We had action on all but Expert, i think that's only the second time ever that has happened. Starting out on Easy, we saw tannernieland11 dominate GH80s to the tune of 10,186 points, claiming 1st on all O211 outside of GH1. Next, for Medium, it was eljasmy with 11,848 points, and tannernieland11 doing filthy things to O211 on GH80s adding a ridiculous 14,242 points, almost all new community points. Finally, for Hard, we saw Chrisss gain 1,352 points chipping away at that gap towards Jleggy12. Decent week all around, but I have to give the nod to tanner for pretty much breaking GH80s on Easy/Medium this time. Let's hope for more of the same next time.

As for me, cat, exercise, work, pool, cars, Morrowind, Diablo3. Our cat, little furball that she was, passed away last week just shy of 18. She was clearly suffering, had practically zero kidney functionality, and wasn't enjoying life so we put her down, sad times. Exercise, other than being less than vigilant at it for two weeks with the cat is going well, and my weight has pretty much stabilized, albeit 2 lbs more than my original goal, ah well. Pool, we got an estimate to replace the liner, walls, drain, and labor and while not cheap, $7000 for everything seems about right. They will start that after our vacation at the end of the month. Work has been pretty busy, tidying up things for the end of the year now that testing is done. We go until two days after Memorial day, cutting my vacation close. Morrowind, I beat the main story, did some side quests, and just kinda burned out I guess. Was a fun game while it lasted, best free game ever. Diablo3, season 16 ended, 17 starts on Friday, and they just released a patch that did more tweaks, including adding torments 14-16. Should be an interesting season. Until next time, hopefully, I get an update in before my vacation, if not it will be June 10th._________________

Leaderboards are up to date, for today, 07/05/2019, enjoy. So, despite the long break between updates, we only had action on Medium and Hard this time. For Medium, we saw tannernieland11 add 5,588 points before his guitar crapped out on him, and eljasmy added 56,605 points, which was just enough to debut on the O211 board. Finally, over on Hard, it was Chrissss with 852 points, eljasmy with 16,520 points, and skinnywhitecomic with (29,854) points all on the O211. Pretty quiet update all around, there were a lot more 1sts generated by tanner on Hard, and a FGFC, but due to his guitar dying and not enough scores across all 4 games on Hard he does not yet show up on the Hard O211 boards. That said, I give the nod of the update to eljasmy for most points overall, enjoy your callout.

As for me, it has been a very busy last 9 weeks. As I mentioned back in May, we lost our previous cat of 17 years. We have since gotten three new kittens, all boys, from the same litter that are turning 15 weeks old this coming week, and are all sorts of fun and trouble. The biggest issue with the little guys at first was fleas, since taken care of, now shots, and soon to be neutered when they reach age. They play with everything, and teaching them what they can and cannot scratch or be on has been a challenge.

Also, we went on our annual vacation, the first week of June, to Mexico at a resort in Cancun. The resort was fun, as 13 of our friends went too, at the same time and a great time was had by all, including a side trip to Cozumel. The trip to Cozumel was crazy, as half the time there, they let the tourists drive Jeeps, which seems fine when you are out at the beach, lighthouse and sparsely driven road, but is an insane level of trust in the city. I mean, you have a caravan of 7 vehicles, they had everyone sign a waiver, typical stuff, but to drive a basically new Jeep, you just have to have proof of a license. Then, in the city, trying to stay in said caravan through traffic, lights etc, while having no idea where you are going, that is just crazy to me. It went well, but I cannot imagine it does all the time.

Once we returned to the states, we had to deal with my wife's car needing a new clutch, new flywheel and new axle boot. Next, right before we left on our trip we went to a concert, where my car was sideswiped in the parking lot. My insurance company declared it salvaged for $6000 payout rather than spend $5000 to fix it and lost me as a full coverage client, the logic still doesn't work out for me. As it was superficial damage to the paint and a minor gouge, I just had it painted after the salvage for $350, the door works fine, the window is fine, no highway noise, no mechanical issues. So, I basically got the maximum payout for my car from full coverage, now dropped it down to Liability, and still get to keep a perfectly good car, whatever.

Next, continued to have issues with the pool company, but after two deliveries of parts, and a scheduled date of demo, where I found out about the need for the second set of parts it should hopefully, be installed on July 11th. This total process has now taken 8 weeks, and will in total cost me $10,000 but hopefully should last 30 years. It is mostly warrantied for that duration, so lets hope the install goes fine here on out.

Work has been very busy as well, with a compressed schedule, making it very hard to have time to do these updates. We have 3 days on average to do a building this summer, down from 5 to 6 most summers, and a lot of moves to boot. I am covering the help desk today, as most people are out, hence the ability to do the update today.

Finally, Diablo 3 the season 16 ended, 17 started with new Torment levels, all the way up to level 16 from 13, and more character and set buffs. At this point, I am reasonably sure all 28 sets can clear 100 solo, and that may be my final goal once I finish out this season. I cleared a 100 solo sub 800 paragon no augments, and am working on my usual grind of all gems to 100 and then augmenting now, currently at 998 paragon for the season._________________

Leaderboards are up to date, for today, 07/30/2019, enjoy. Things were quiet this time with the only changes to Medium and Hard Leaderboards. Over on Medium, we had Akirawarrior add 36,397 points and an additional 246k on the Overall boards, very nice work. For Hard, it was skinnywhitecomic with 15,337 points all on the O211, and eatmyshorts addign 1,438,660 all on the Overall board. Pretty quiet update, I will give the nod to eatmyshorts for most points. Let's hope for more next time.

As for me, work, kittens, Diablo3, pool. The pool is finally back! The contractors put together basically a brand new pool, new liner, new ground barrier, new drains, new skimmer, new edging, new walls. It works great, however, they didn't do a perfect job making sure the rocks were all out of the sand, and some are pushing up in places underneath, we will see if it ends up being an issue. We have FOUR new kittens, 3 from the same litter at 17 weeks, and another rescue kitten that is 9 months. We are busy trying to train the 3 not to destroy the house, and slowly are integrating the other cat via baby gates in a doorway. Diablo3, season 17 progresses, I cleared a 112 solo on my WD, matching my all time record. Work has been very busy this summer, hence the lack of regular updates, but we did manage to get it all done. Now for the storm that will be all new teachers in my buildings with all new rooms, should be a long August. Until next time._________________

Leaderboards are up to date, for today, 09/03/2019, enjoy. There were changes to all 8 leaderboards, always a good update. Starting out on Easy Bass we had sjay with 2,794 points, nice work. For Medium, it was sjay again with 627,207 points. Moving onto Hard, we had (1,204 points) from skinnywhitecomic all on the O211. Finally, we had 15,490 points from JohnnyGrey, 279,305 points on Rom1 on the Grand Total, 412,727 points from KramRal, 412,826 points from Fug, 630,073 points from naunau456, and 2,519,600 points from AnarchyInTheCA. Not sure what was going on there, but the first two columns are definitely correct on the Expert board. Decent week all around, I will give the nod to sjay for being responsible for half my board updates. Let's hope for a sooner update next time.

As for me, work, pool, Diablo3, exercise. For work, beginning of the school year is crazy, and this year, we moved around, oh about 90% of the teachers so it was even more so. Finally got all that under control, so its back to work as normal starting this week. Pool has been great, with the minor issue that I almost got an algae bloom, but squashed it before it got anywhere. Problem there was I forgot to put Phospate remover in the pool to take away any food for algae, that has done the trick since. Diablo3, season 17 ended, I almost set a new record with a 112 solo GR with the WD, then nonseason hit and I hit a 115 with the Vyrs Chantodo wizard. Liking that so much, I did Wizard this season, and have already hit Guardian a week in and soloed a 105 already with no augments, pre 800 paragon. It being September, time to start the exercise regime today, wish me luck, probably will ramp up slowly all month. Until next time._________________

Leaderboards are up to date, for today, 09/03/2019, enjoy. There were changes to all 8 leaderboards, always a good update. Starting out on Easy Bass we had sjay with 2,794 points, nice work. For Medium, it was sjay again with 627,207 points. Moving onto Hard, we had (1,204 points) from skinnywhitecomic all on the O211. Finally, we had 15,490 points from JohnnyGrey, 279,305 points on Rom1 on the Grand Total, 412,727 points from KramRal, 412,826 points from Fug, 630,073 points from naunau456, and 2,519,600 points from AnarchyInTheCA. Not sure what was going on there, but the first two columns are definitely correct on the Expert board. Decent week all around, I will give the nod to sjay for being responsible for half my board updates. Let's hope for a sooner update next time.

Thanks for the nod bushidox and a great update. I'll try and add more next time round \m/